Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-03-04

The amount of the naval bills like
II 10 pass at this session of Congress
foot up s75,oo0.
Senator ingalls,, Of Kansas, has bee'
chosen for President of the Senate
70 succeed Senator Sherman, who re
signed.
The Senate Of the State of New
York has passed the bill aboiishine
distinction of sex at municipal cleo
tions, and dispatches state that The
Assembly will probably concur.
II his veto Of the Seed-wheat bill
the President has condensed the
whole scope and scheme Of Repub'
liz in this sentence: "The people
support the Government, not the
Government the people,
Young husbAnd--Isn't there something
peculiar about the taste Of these onions
my deaxs Young wlfe tanxiously)-O, ]
hope NOT dear. took such pains with
them. even sprinklcd them with jocky
club before ! put them 70 boil 70 take
away he unpleasant odor.--N. Y. San.
s4Do you know, my FRIEND" said
she temperance man, solemnly, ''whas
Il costs you 70 drink whisky. Itcosts
your health, character, home, happi-
nssa--n Eyes, by jinks! and il
posts me u : gallon besides. That's
the wust Of Il. - Boston Courier.
A man 10 Georgia who was covcrtcd
and baptized and has loEg supposed him
self reliable Christian, has been inform.
"a that tlse preacher failed 70 completely
administer the riie, and has consulted q
lawyer = 70 bringing suit for damages.
II should occur 70 him 10 repair damages
b. getting another dip.--tAlta.
There il : bill before the Senate
providing for . bureau Of agriculture
and labor. a new department is to
bs created 70 be known a. the "De-
pastment Of Agriculture and Labor
with ! secretary and assistant secre-
tAry, and commissioner at the head
Of the bureau Of labor.
A young lady called At shooting
gallery In Chicago the other day, and
after firing fifteen shots at target it
was found that she had shot her
initials on the target. Then she told
The astonished proprietor that she was
the champion lady shot from Oregon.
A man named Webher has nice
farm down near Ysquina, but las,
Tuesday the farm above him, on the
hill. broke loose and and slid down
and covered up his nice farm, and
now he wants the man 10 come and
pull his farm Of, so he can get to
work putting in crops.--[Ex.
The SrAR OF BEruLEn.x.--Thi.
wonderful periodic star that appeared
IN the year l5ls, in 1857, in 9t2 and
% on every 315 years, is due this year
and Is looked for with interest by as.
tronomers and others interested in
celestial phenomena. The star il il
does appear, win outshine the light oil
Jupiter and Venus, and be visible In
the full glare Of the noon day sun.
A couple OF highly respectable
ladies il : town in France lately en-,
tered into wager as to which oil
them could utter tho greatest number
OF words In given time. Both read
from manuscript. One of them &C,
complished 2oa,56o words in three
hours; the other, the moro yoluble Of
the two, 296,3ll words.--[Schnitxel
md Spane.
The New York workingmen who
are assaulting other workingmen are
putting themselves in the way Of
finding out At what point a striker
becomes > highwaymen. Courts in
the West have ruled that a strike i:
ended when the places OF the striker:
have been filed, and men who then
interfere with the operation of an in
dustry do so at their peril.
Ths wealth Of the country claims
il pays oil of the taxes, when in poin,
OF fact theirs is small proportion, as
nearly oil comes out Of the consumer
If rich or poor. As the latter are
in = great majority, they consume the
most. The income tax is the only
one that strikes the rich. II was the
FIRST one abolished after the war Of
the rebellion. England continues
this tax in war or peace.
RxPoRTxR: We are in favor OF an
increase of the navy and decrease Of
the army. Soldiers win not be need
ed at seaport cities when there are